Herbert Theodore Milburn

Herbert Milburn
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Incumbent
Assumed office July 1, 1996
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In office September 6, 1984 – July 1, 1996
Appointed by	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Seat established
Succeeded by	Ronald Gilman
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
In office January 15, 1984 – October 4, 1984
Preceded by	Frank Wilson
Succeeded by	Thomas Hull
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
In office June 7, 1983 – October 4, 1984
Appointed by	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Charles Neese
Succeeded by	Robert Edgar
Personal details
Born	1931 (age 83–84) Cleveland, Tennessee, U.S.
Alma mater	East Tennessee State University University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Herbert Theodore Milburn (born 1931) is a United States federal judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.

Born in Cleveland, Tennessee, Milburn received a B.S. from East Tennessee State University in 1953 and was in the United States Army, Security Agency from 1953 to 1956. He received a J.D. from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1959, and was in private practice in Chattanooga, Tennessee from then until 1973. He was a judge on the Circuit Court of Hamilton County, Tennessee, Division III from 1973 to 1983.

On April 14, 1983, Milburn was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee vacated by Charles G. Neese. Milburn was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 6, 1983, and received his commission the following day. He served briefly served as chief judge in 1984 but on September 6, 1984, Reagan nominated Milburn for elevation to a new seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit created by 98 Stat. 333. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 3, 1984, and received his commission the next day. He retired on July 1, 1996.

Sources

Herbert Theodore Milburn at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Charles Neese	Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee 1983–1984	Succeeded by Robert Edgar
Preceded by Frank Wilson	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee 1984	Succeeded by Thomas Hull
New seat	Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit 1984–1996	Succeeded by Ronald Gilman

Current senior judges of the United States courts of appeals

1st Circuit	Campbell Selya Cyr Boudin Stahl Lipez

2nd Circuit	Newman Kearse Cardamone Winter Walker Leval Calabresi Straub Sack Parker

3rd Circuit	Aldisert Garth Sloviter Stapleton Greenberg Scirica Cowen Nygaard Roth Barry Van Antwerpen

4th Circuit	Phillips Chapman Hamilton Davis

5th Circuit	King Reavley Higginbotham Barksdale Wiener Garza DeMoss Benavides

6th Circuit	Lively Keith Merritt Wellford Milburn Guy Ryan Norris Suhrheinrich Siler Daughtrey Gilman

7th Circuit	Bauer Cudahy Ripple Manion

8th Circuit	Bright Fagg Bowman Beam Hansen Arnold Melloy

9th Circuit	Goodwin Wallace Hug Schroeder Farris Alarcon Nelson Canby Noonan Leavy Trott Fernandez Kleinfeld Hawkins Tashima Fisher

10th Circuit	McKay Seymour Porfilio Anderson Baldock Brorby Ebel Murphy O'Brien

11th Circuit	Hill Fay Kravitch Anderson Edmondson Cox Dubina Black

DC Circuit	Edwards Silberman Williams Ginsburg Sentelle Randolph

Federal Circuit	Mayer Plager Clevenger Schall Bryson Linn

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Herbert Theodore Milburn